Is the nhl dropping the ball on mcdavid?

[colchar]

There seems to be no no hockey media interviews , no hype etc.. for mcdavid. You got your biggest star on NATIONAL tv yet the nhl still doesn’t seem to market him.

McDavid promotion and the hatred from fans?

Reading through the different playoff threads, I've never seen so much hatred for a top player in the league in my life. I don't get it. For the longest time it's been said the league doesn't promote its stars enough, they finally do and people hate on it. My question is why?

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[Reindl87]

McDavid has the charisma of a slice of old bread. There`s only so much you can do with that.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

There seems to be no no hockey media interviews , no hype etc.. for mcdavid. You got your biggest star on NATIONAL tv yet the nhl still doesn’t seem to market him.

I hate to tell you this but there isn't much interest in Edmonton hockey south of the border, combine that with Mcdavid is a pretty subdued personality I'm not sure how much more you could market him

 

[McGarnagle]

Suggestions:

1. McDavid should be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine

2. Whenever McDavid's not on the ice, the other players should be saying "Where's McDavid?"

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

why do hockey fans care so much , talk about inferiority complex , its a niche sport that 75% of humans on earth don't even know exists and couldn't even play if they wanted to.

Just enjoy the sport.

The *sucks at marketing their stars* thing is such an hilarious complaint to me. Who the hell is going to relate to McDavid aside from suburban hockey community kids

Anybody that already has interest in hockey knows who McDavid is , you aren't attracting many new fans by simply stapling his face everywhere

 

[Honour Over Glory]

There seems to be no no hockey media interviews , no hype etc.. for mcdavid. You got your biggest star on NATIONAL tv yet the nhl still doesn’t seem to market him.

Did you not watch the Rogers Sportsnet broadcasts? They exclusively spoke about him for 99% of the time.

 

[GMR]

The NHL dropped the ball when they let him go to a team located near the North Pole.

Should have rigged the lottery back then.

 

[pizza line]

He is a baby that would rather stay in the locker room.